Krichau v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

This is an action at law to recover a money judgment for damage to plaintiff’s land and crops which he claims was caused by the negligence of the defendant. At the conclusion of all of the evidence the defendant moved for a directed verdict. The trial court sustained the motion and dismissed the plaintiff’s petition. Upon the over*500ruling of a motion for new trial, plaintiff perfected this appeal.

The case was tried and determined upon the sufficiency of the plaintiff’s evidence to establish negligence on the part of the defendant as constituting the proximate cause of damage sustained by the…